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Alcohol Code 69

29th April 2015

Europe – We are falling a bit short on worthwhile European motorcycle news, so here is something from the European Commission on alcohol interlocks and a new EU driving licence code. Here is what the European Commission have to say. To improve road safety the European Commission has just introduced a harmonised EU code on […]

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How Safe Are Your Roads?

31st March 2015

The European Commission – Mobility And Transport (DG MOVE) have asked the question – How safe are your roads? – and state that their road safety statistics show that there has been a small improvement for 2014. Following two years of solid decreases in the number of people killed on Europe’s roads, the first reports […]

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No Surprise – No Accident

30th March 2015

“All accidents are the result of prediction failure. Surprise is Nature’s way of telling us we have experienced such a failure. If there is no surprise, there can be no accident” The aim of the ‘No Surprise: No Accident’ campaign is to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes by shifting the way we think about […]

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Transport Mid Term Review

23rd March 2015

E.U. Consultation – Mid-term review of the 2011 White Paper on Transport Part of the 2011 White Paper on Transport was towards a ‘zero-vision’ on road safety, with a particular attention which included motorcyclists The specifics of that attention are to: Harmonise and deploy road safety technology – such as driver assistance systems, (smart) speed […]

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USA – Vision Zero

12th March 2015

USA – The Motorcycle Riders Foundation – MRF – reports that Congress is looking to develop and implement it’s own version of Vision Zero which the MRF say, “Make no mistake that the full implementation of Vision Zero in America would eliminate motorcycling as its known now.” The MRF full report states – Vision Zero […]

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FIM Europe for Road Safety

8th March 2015

Road Safety on top of the agenda The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Europe’s – John Chatterton-Ross, Director of Public Affairs, was recently interviewed by RACC – the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya on the themes of Road Safety. FIM Europe comments that since its foundation, “the themes of road incidentality, of industry responses and […]

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ACEM – PTW Energy

3rd March 2015

ACEM comments on the European Commission’s Communication on an Energy Union Following the publication of the European Commission’s Communication on “A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy”, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, ACEM, welcomes the Commission’s plans to improve the deployment of alternative fuel recharging infrastructure. According […]

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Bike Checkpoints – USA

13th February 2015

USA – The American rider organisations the MRF – Motorcycle Rider Foundation and the AMA – American Motorcyclist Association have been fighting against motorcycle-only checkpoints. Motorcycle-only checkpoints first appeared in New York in 2007 and lead to funding for these checkpoints being provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – NHTSA which included “targeting” […]

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Lisbon Opens Bus Lanes

11th February 2015

Lisbon Portugal – It is likely that Lisbon will soon have its bus lanes open to motorcyclists as proposals were approved in a City Council meeting for pilot. The meeting also approved a proposal for advanced stop lines at traffic lights for motorcycles and mopeds. The reasoning behind all of this is to enhance urban […]

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Riders In The EU Parliament

7th February 2015

Ireland – MAG Ireland was at the heart of the debate during two days of presentations and discussions at the European Motorcyclists’ Forum with other motorcycle rider organisations, motorcycle experts, policy-makers and stakeholders in Brussels. The forum, organised by the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), presented the outcome of the 3 year RIDERSCAN project […]

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